choose a healthy recipe. Then you made a plan to scale it up to cook for a large party. You found how many servings the original recipe made. Then you accounted for the number of guests. You multiplied the original measurements to find the amount of each ingredient you’ll need to make one serving for each guest. This involved multiplying fractions.
describe your cooking plans to your peers. Explain how you multiplied fractions to solve the problem:
Describe the healthy recipe you chose.
List the measurement of each ingredient in the original recipe and how many people it serves. List the number of people invited to your party.
Explain how you calculated the amount of each ingredient you’ll need to prepare enough servings for all of your guests.
State the amount of each ingredient you’ll need to cook for your party.
Describe other ways you use fractions to benefit your health in real life. For instance, do you use them for structuring an exercise routine or scheduling daily activities? Name a situation that might require you to multiply fractions or mixed numbers. Specify whether you would be multiplying a fraction or mixed number by an integer or multiplying two fractions or mixed numbers together. write in 4 sentences and include all ingredients
For my cooking plans, I have chosen a healthy recipe for a quinoa salad with vegetables and grilled chicken. The original recipe serves 4 people. However, I have invited 12 people to my party.
The ingredients and their measurements in the original recipe are as follows:
- 1 cup of cooked quinoa
- 1 cup of chopped vegetables (such as bell peppers, cucumbers, and cherry tomatoes)
- 1 cup of grilled chicken breast, diced
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
- Salt and pepper to taste
To calculate the amount of each ingredient needed for 12 servings, I multiplied the original measurements by 3 (12 divided by 4).
So, for the quinoa salad recipe, I'll need:
- 3 cups of cooked quinoa
- 3 cups of chopped vegetables
- 3 cups of grilled chicken breast, diced
- 6 tablespoons of olive oil
- 3 tablespoons of lemon juice
- Salt and pepper to taste
In real life, I use fractions to benefit my health by portioning my meals and snacks. For example, I may use ¼ cup of nuts as a snack or a ½ cup of rice for a meal. I also apply fractions when calculating the nutritional content of a recipe per serving.
A situation that might require multiplying fractions could be when I want to make a smoothie and the recipe calls for ½ cup of fruit and I want to double the recipe to serve two people. In this case, I would multiply ½ cup by 2 to find that I need 1 cup of fruit.